District 9

Voicy said:
Bwhahahaha! Awesome :D

You say that, a guy I know who'se heavy into movies also didn't enjoy it at all. I urged him to watch it again - because he went in with completely the wrong expectations of the movie.
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I guess thats why its a good thing we are all entitles to our own opinions but still. I can see how someone could be disappointed. Alot of people described it as a South African Independence day, which it definitely is not.

What ticked me off a little bit was because she, my fiance's sister, didn't like it coz it was "disgusting" and "like one of those world war II movies where they show u all the atrocities that happened in detail." See to me that sounds like a really good thing. One good thing though, my finace loved it. SO to all you single geeks out there, if u wanna know if she's the one for u... take her to go watch a heavy sci-fi movie. If she rants on and on about how awesome it was... go out and buy a ring.;)
 
I enjoyed the movie, I watched it this weekend.

The hype killed the movie for me though. Don't get me wrong was a lekker movie, the visuals are stunning and Wikus is LOL, but it was not an all that brilliant masterpiece movie that everyone makes it out to be
 
Maplassie said:
I enjoyed the movie, I watched it this weekend.

The hype killed the movie for me though. Don't get me wrong was a lekker movie, the visuals are stunning and Wikus is LOL, but it was not an all that brilliant masterpiece movie that everyone makes it out to be
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You went in expecting to much. The story underneath the story is what makes it a master piece. Yes its not Star Trek or Die Hard 4 or anything like that but for what they had and what they made its awesome. The budget for the film was $30mil that is a quarter of what most big budget film have. In its first week its made $39mil.
The real story, the human story underneath al the vok and doos and blood is really, really awesome.
 
Iwould have liked a Bit more backround story as to why an alien race thats starving comes to soweto, what was the use of the jettisoned command module, was it to explore a new habitat for the prawn, or what what what.

Maybe the lack of info + ending with the metal flowers opens up the premise for a sequal?
 
Maplassie said:
Iwould have liked a Bit more backround story as to why an alien race thats starving comes to soweto, what was the use of the jettisoned command module, was it to explore a new habitat for the prawn, or what what what.

Maybe the lack of info + ending with the metal flowers opens up the premise for a sequal?
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There will definitely be a sequel me thinks. As for the lack of back story. It wasn't given because nobody know, it the story, so we learn new things about the prawn as the people in the film learns it. Plus giving backstory wouldn't have worked with the documentary style he chose to shoot in.
 
To me it's like KILL BILL.

While the first one was AWESOME in its own right, the second one filled the gaps, thereby making the first one even more awesome. Could happen here aswell.

AS I said, it's still a lekker movie, I will watch it again.

I just find it strange that an alien race with such superior technology, comes to earth starving and leaderless. Maybe war torn, or looking for a new home, didn't expect humans to "enslave" them.....

Will see later on with the sequel!
 
found this on district9site.com

Director Neill Blomkamp Talks sequel: 'District 10'

If the audience wanted another film, yeah, it would be super-cool to go into the backstory of the aliens.

District 9 sequel seems inevitable
“I would do anything to go back to the world of District 9 again. Or District 10.” -Neill Blomkamb(Director)
And lastly, the studio wants a sequel/prequel!!!!!!!

Could District 9's Wikus Van der Merwe join Ellen Ripley and John Connor on the list of franchise-spawning sci-fi icons? It's not even out here until next week, but already Neil Blomkamp's tale of an alternative timeline in which grub-like bipedal aliens arrived in South Africa in the early 80s looks set for a sequel.

In the course of an audio interview with scifimoviepage.com (which, be warned, contains substantial spoilers), the film-maker confirmed that the powers that be are already keen on a followup, which he said might be either a sequel or possibly a prequel.

District 9 has so far taken $89m at the global box office on a budget of $30m, with most of the world yet to see it. Blomkamp, a native of South Africa who shot the film under the watchful eye of producer Peter Jackson, left the ending open for a second film.

"I would totally make a sequel," he told scifimoviepage.com. "I've got an inclination but it's not really fleshed out yet. Now that it's done well, I think it would be cool. The studio have definitely said they want one, it's just a question of what the hell it is."

However Blomkamp said he first wanted to shoot another science fiction film - this one set on another planet. District 9, which takes place in a Soweto style area where the extra terrestrials have been separated from humanity, arrives in UK cinemas on September 4.
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If you didn't like it the first time or were a bit underwhelmed, I suggest watching it a second time. You know what to expect, but you notice smaller details.

I enjoyed it a LOAD more the second time despite loving it the first.
 
Phoenix, from your post I'm not sure whether or not you liked it? Up until like the last paragraph you seemed very cynical. It sounds almost like you went into the movie not wanting to like it and as a result didn't.

But anyway, the main themes behind the movie are as follows:

1) Racism, portrayed in a form that anyone can identify.
2) Xenophobia and discrimination, once again portrayed in an obvious form.
3) Highlighting the existence of stereotypes (the Nigerians, for example, naturally being criminals)

I personally don't believe on questioning technical details behind sci-fi films, as there is so much that is not explained in the film but has no effect on the overall story. I don't think the inclusion of why the ship was hovering there for 20 years would have added anything at all to the story. It's but one of many small details that simply can't all be explained. I'm sure there are reasons behind what Neil decided on. There could be many explanations for why the ship was hovering over Joburg for 20 years, for example. One such explanation could be that considering the alien kid could remotely activate the ship, it was in some sort of standby mode. Another reason could be that since they have tractor beams, they could have some sort of anti-grav technology built into the ship. Who knows, but as I said...all little details as important as when Wikus went to the loo during the storyline.

There's also a few explanations in the movie you have, however, seemed to have missed. One of your questions was why they are keeping the aliens in disgusting conditions in District 9, but transfer them by "the book." In the movie they did mention that activist groups from around the world were keeping a close eye on MNU so that no "human" rights abuses took place. The whole world was watching South Africa, so obviously to avoid an uproar by those on the side of the aliens they had to do everything within legal bounds. Hence the aliens having to "sign" release forms etc.

But anyway, I quite enjoyed it. Not because of the big booms and the special effects, but because as a sci-fi movie it is original. Ignoring what some may see as technical faults, which many movies have, I have yet to see another movie in which the tables are turned and it's the humans abusing the aliens. What I laud the most, however, is how by portraying issues from our country's past and present in such a blatantly obvious manner, it makes them all seem to petty an unnecessary in the bigger scheme of things. The lack of foresight in the humans in the movie (not paying thought to what might happen should the aliens leave and get help, for example), is something that in the past some in our country have lacked. Like we shot ourselves in the foot with Apartheid, so did humankind in District 9.

That's just my 2c :)
 
I agree with Lydon on this one. Although I do respect your POV on this movie. U went about it totally the wrong way. Sci-Fi is just that, it's a make believe scenario. If you didn't like the swearing you should've looked @ the age restriction first.

Finally SA makes a truly supurb Sci-Fi movie/film and all u go do is be all cynical and criticise it, instead of accepting it for what it truly is.
 
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come across that way. GUess I should stick to my day job and Care Bears DVDs.

I think I may have an inflated opinion of myself....either that or I am trying to compensate for something. :o
 
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phoenix said:
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come across that way. GUess I should stick to my day job and Care Bears DVDs.

I think I may have an inflated opinion of myself....either that or I am trying to compensate for something. :o
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Dont be so hard on yourself, you just overthink thats all.
 
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